Guard for utensils.



Patented Dec. 24,1901.

H. R. BABNARD, GUARD FOB UTENSILS.

'(Applimion med Feb. 19, 1901.]

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY RICHARD BARNARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GUARD FOR UTENS ILS.

SPEQIFICATLON forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,778, dated December .24, 1901.

Application filed February 19, 1901. Serial No. 47,940. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RICHARD BAR- NARD, 'a subject of the King of Great Britain,

. residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Guards for Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards for cocking utensils, the primary object of the invention being to provide a hand-guard which is adapted to be readily applied to the handle of any cooking utensil for the purpose of protecting the hands from being scalded by flying grease or steam or' being scorched by the heat from the fire.

The guard is capable of being quickly removed from one vessel and applied to an-.

other, thus making one guard answer the purpose of many and permitting the utensils to be more compactly stored and packed for transportation.

The improved guard may be applied also to forks, toasters, cake-turners, and otherimplements used in the art of cooking. I

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the'novel construction, combination, and arrangement/of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of the guard shown applied to the handle of a cooking utensil. Fig. 2 is a View in elevation of the guard. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross section through the same. Fig. 4 is a face view'of the body of the guard. 7

Similar numerals of reference designate cori'esponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The guard comprises, essentially, a body 1, which is preferably in, the form of a disk formed of sheet metal and having its periphery turned over to form a strengthening peripheral bead 2, which will also prevent the operator from cutting his hands on the edge of the disk-shaped body. The body 1 is provided with a handle rec'eiving opening 8, which is preferably in the form of a slot extending from the periphery of the body inward to the center thereof, as shown in Fig. 4, thus enabling the body 1 to be slipped transversely overand from the handle 4 of a cooking utensil 5 of any description. The body 1 is further provided at opposite sides of the opening 3 with keeper-flanges 6, connected to the beaded periphery 2 of the body 1 and extending inward far enough to form guides and keepers for the free ends of a pair of oppositely-arranged shutters 7, located at opposite sides of the opening 3 and adapted to overlap at their inner edges, so as to partially cover the opening,as shown in Fig. 2. The shutters 7 are mounted upon springarms 8, which are formed by the terminals of a coil-spring 9, which encircles a stud 10, fixed in an opening 11 in the body 1, said stud being headed to hold the spring in place. The shutters 7, adjacent to their outer ends, have their inner edges flared to form a splayed entrance-throat 12 for the admission of the handle of the cooking utensil, so that by forcing the guard into lateral engagement with the handle the latter will act to force the shutters apart in a manner thatwill be read-' ily understood.

Adjacent to the center of the device the shutters are provided with flanges forming thus maintaining the guard in a position at right angles to the handle,- as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the guard maybe readily slipped over the handle of any cooking utensil or other article used in the art of cooking and may be attached to the handle at any desired point in the length thereof; also, that the guard may with equal facility be-detached from the handle and applied-to the handle of another cooking utensil, thus adapting one guard to answer the purpose of many. The guard efiectively prevents the scalding of the hand by flying grease, steam, &c.-, and also protects the hand from being burned by the heat from the stove.

I do not desire to be limited tothe exact detailsof construction hereinabove set forth, and accordingly reserve the right to change, modify, or vary the construction within the scope of this invention.

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1'. A guard for cooking utensils, comprising a body having a handle-receiving opening, and spring-pressed handle-engaging shutters arranged to partially close the handle-receiving openin 2. A guard for cooking utensils, comprising a body having a handle-receiving opening, and yielding overlapping handle-engaging shutters arranged to partially close the handle-receiving opening.

3. Aguard for cooking utensils, comprising a body having a handle-receiving opening, handle-engaging shutters arranged to partially close the handle-receivin g opening, and a shutter-actuating spring common to both shutters.

4. A guard'for cooking utensils comprising a body having a handle-receiving opening, and handle-engaging shutters arranged to partially close the handle-receiving openposed sleeve-segments on the shutters forming an elongated sleeve-bearing for the handle of a cooking utensil.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RICHARD BARNARD. Witnesses:

ERNEST W. CANNING, FREDERICK WILLIAM BARNARD. 

